Euphanisms

As an aside: I wonder how the OP got the word 'euphuism' into her post. I remembered the word from my schooldays but only had a vague memory of its meaning. Dictionary definition: 'an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.' I think Euphues was a character in an Elizabethan romance. I imagine that our teacher was telling us not to confuse the word with 'euphemism

We had the silent mouthing when I was growing up, a conversation would be going on and suddenly the words would be mouthed rather than spoken.

felice I remember that and it was portrayed so brilliantly by Cissie and Ada (Roy Barraclough and Les Dawson)!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjVQOjBPJ_o

Mirandas mum (Patricia Hodge) does that too and gets her emphasis muddled up so she shouts the word she is supposed to be mouthing.

'It's what I call being discreet'